Applications call for the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists 2020. The Livingston Awards for Young Journalists were established in 1981 to recognize outstanding reporting and bolster the careers of journalists under the age of 35. Basically, the Livingston Awards invites print, online, video, audio, and data visualization entries. Awards are supported by the University of Michigan, the Knight Foundation, the Indian Trail Charitable Foundation, the Mollie Parnis Livingston Foundation, Christiane Amanpour, and Dr. Gil Omenn and Martha Darling and individual contributions.

Prizes and Benefits

Each year, prizes of $10,000 each are presented in local, national, and international reporting. Winners are selected by our panel of judges, who share a long-time commitment to our program and are highly respected for their achievements in journalism.

Furthermore, winning the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists helps talented young reporters develop the confidence and the institutional backing to continue producing ambitious projects. National recognition leads winners to new stories, new audiences, and new career opportunities.

Criteria 

The Livingston Awards for Young Journalists has the following criteria

• Entrants must be 34 years of age or younger as of December 31, 2020.
• Multiple bylines are eligible, but all must meet the age criteria.
• One entry per individual is accepted. One entry can be a single piece or a maximum of three pieces either from a published series, an original piece and its follow-up developments or three pieces clearly tied together in a beat. All pieces of the series must be published by the same organization.
• There is no limit to the number of entries that a media organization can submit, provided that they enter only one entry per reporter.
• Individuals may apply on their own, or be entered by their organization.
• Print, online, video, audio, and data visualization work is eligible. Still, photography is not eligible.
• The work must appear in U.S. controlled media. Entrants are not required to be U.S. citizens.
• Also, entries must be directly related to current events or include new information about old events. Features and commentary are eligible.
• Submissions must consist of materials prepared in the ordinary course of the journalist’s professional production.
• Materials prepared by journalists specifically for submission to the Livingston Awards do not qualify.
• Student media are not eligible.
• Competition is limited to work published or appearing during the calendar year ending December 31, 2020.
• Winners will participate in an outreach event arranged by the Livingston Awards.

Deadline

• The deadline for entering work published in 2020 is February 1, 2021.
• Finalists will be notified by April 1, 2021, and announced later that month. The announcement of winners will take place in June.

Information for completing the entry form

How to enter the Livingston Awards